Friday, April 25, 2025
GRACE, GRIOTS AND GOODIE BAGS The Baobab tree is an imposing, if unconventional, tree that grows in Africa along the Zambesi River. Also known as The Tree of Life, it seems to rise from the …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:49AMWednesday, February 26, 2025
SINCE THE FRIDGE IS EMPTY, HOW ABOUT A GIANT BOWL OF GRIT? There’s no place like home. Mom calls the cops, convinced Dad is going to kill her—he’s drunker than usual and…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:10PMThursday, February 6, 2025
YOU MAY NEVER LOOK AT YOUR LAPTOP THE SAME WAY AGAIN Is Artificial Intelligence, more commonly known as AI, our friend? Does this ubiquitous development make our lives easier, cleaner, more …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:42AMFriday, January 24, 2025
Learning another language is like becoming another person. — Haruki Murakami In 2008 Iran, four very different people struggle to learn a new language—a language that promises …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:57AMTuesday, October 29, 2024
EVERYTHING KREYÓL IS NEW AGAIN Seemingly caught between differing identities and life paths, Simone is at a crossroads. Half African American and half Haitian, this early thirties, nativ…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:59PMWednesday, October 23, 2024
GET TO THIS MUSICAL ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TO DRAG YOURSELF It’s campy. It’s trashy. It’s WAAAAY over-the-top. It’s ridiculous. It’s stunning. It’s …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:59PMThursday, October 17, 2024
WHOSE TOWN IS IT ANYWAY? Long before there was a Sheriff Taylor and a Mayberry (google it) there was a Stage Manager and a Grover’s Corners. Thornton Wilder’s classic paean to …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:42PMFriday, October 4, 2024
THERE’S GOLD IN THESE HILLS It’s always difficult for the children when a mother passes away, even if those children are adults. And if that mother is a strong-willed widow who…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:50PMWednesday, October 2, 2024
THE BONES ARE INDEED GOOD, IF NOT A BIT SKELETAL The website houseful states, “good bones†refers to the core foundational elements of the home, “…a steady structure …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 05:45PMSunday, June 30, 2024
NOT APPLICABLE Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) are two of the brightest political stars ever to walk the halls of the Capito…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:55PMFriday, June 14, 2024
IT DOESN’T JUST FLOAT, IT SOARS New York City Center’s Encores! describes itself,  “This series of concert stagings revisits the archives of American musical theater. …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:55AMTuesday, June 11, 2024
A SLINGSHOT IN THE DARK Poor King David. What a life. If the blonde-haired King of Israel isn’t being duped by the local townspeople to fight Goliath, he’s embarrassing himself…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:40PMWednesday, June 5, 2024
COME HOME In the lovely Broadway revival of writer Samm-Art Williams’ Tony-nominated play Home, an African-American man named Cephus Miles contemplates life or, more to the point, his…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 05:52PMSaturday, June 1, 2024
LA COMEDIA DE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Full disclosure, I don’t speak Spanish. Oh, I’ve picked up a few phrases over the years and still remember a bit of what Mr. Sanchez taught u…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:59PMFriday, May 3, 2024
SOMETHING WONDERFUL IS COOKING IN HELL’S KITCHEN What else can be said about Alicia Keys‘ new Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen, that its recent thirteen Tony Award nomi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:26AMMonday, April 29, 2024
HOW GOOD YOU GOT IT There’s an old saying that goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.†But is “fixing†always a bad thing? What if that fix is n…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:59PMThursday, March 14, 2024
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one. ― Voltaire The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines parable as,  “…a usually short, fictitious …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:33PMWednesday, February 28, 2024
PERICLES AT CLASSIC STAGE: A CLASSIC STAGING OF PERICLES Pericles by William Shakespeare is not a drama. Or comedy. It’s a Romance. A lovely romance that touches upon incest, forced p…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:59PMWednesday, February 21, 2024
AN EDENIC PRODUCTION AT LINCOLN CENTER Full disclosure, I’d never heard of Stephen Schwartz’s 1991 musical Children of Eden before seeing this one-night only, concert performan…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:55PMSunday, February 18, 2024
A STICKY SCRIPT Bees, those often annoying little creatures who have a knack for showing up at just the right time to ruin any number of outdoor activities, serve an important function. Name…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:59PMTuesday, October 3, 2023
A VICTORY LAUGH Purlie Victorious, written by the late Ossie Davis, is a brilliant, funny, moving play that premiered on Broadway in 1961, with Mr. Davis in the title role. The initial produ…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:55PMSaturday, August 5, 2023
WHILE IT’S BACK TO THE MOVIE MUSICAL, FUTURE IS A PRESENT Ever go on the original Star Tours ride at Disneyland? You’re seated in some kind of space ship/tour bus that is pilot…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:59PMWednesday, July 5, 2023
TO BE FOR FREE IS A BEAUTY There may be something rotten in the state of Denmark, but there’s something enthralling on the stage at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. In The Publi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:56PMFriday, June 23, 2023
LIFE IN THE FAST LANE In the vernacular of showbiz, the appellation “triple threat†refers to a performer who equally excels at acting, singing and dancing. That Broadway veteran…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:58PMWednesday, May 3, 2023
NEW YORK, NEW YORK SOARS ABOVE ITS OWN MATERIAL So apparently it’s still up to you New York — with a healthy assist from Susan Stroman and Lin-Manuel Miranda – to bring …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:49PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
WHITE GIRL IN DANGER IS IN DANGER Broadway wunderkind Michael R. Jackson is back on the boards at Second Stage’s Vineyard Theatre, writing the book, music and lyrics for…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:51PMThursday, April 20, 2023
YOU’LL BE HOOKED The title says it all. Based on the play Peter Pan by JM Barrie, Peter Pan Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields is about a stage production of …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:06PMWednesday, April 5, 2023
THERE’S PLENTY OF GREAT PRANCIN’ BUT IT’S A HEAD-SCRATCHIN’ DANCIN’ There’s whole lotta dancing in the updated, Broadway revival of Bob Fosseâ€�…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:59PMFriday, March 24, 2023
PROCTOR BY PROXY In playwright Talene Monahon’s new play The Good John Proctor, John Proctor doesn’t actually appear. He is integral to the plot and is certainly referenced but…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:59PMThursday, March 16, 2023
PERFORMERS AND PRODUCTION IMPROVE THE OPAQUE PLOT OF PERICLES Pericles by William Shakespeare is a play that is probably ripe for an HBO adaptation. It deals with incest, death, redemption, …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:24AMMonday, March 13, 2023
ON AND OFF THE RIGHT TRACK Ever been on public transportation and wondered about the people seated around you? Not just whether or not they are nut-jobs or pose any physical threat but who t…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:30PM 
